Chag HaBanot 5921 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9681
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9681 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.
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Dates for Chag HaBanot
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 5918 | 30 Kislev 9678 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5918 | 30 Kislev 9679 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5920 | 30 Kislev 9680 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5921 | 1 Tevet 9681 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5921 | 30 Kislev 9682 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5923 | 30 Kislev 9683 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5924 | 30 Kislev 9684 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5924 | 1 Tevet 9685 |
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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